Pa. gaming board names new head of enforcement

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has named a veteran of the Secret Service and local law enforcement agencies as the head of its enforcement division.

Paul Mauro has been leading the Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement since its first director, David Kwait, retired in December 2009. The board officially appointed him as the bureau's director at its meeting in Harrisburg on Wednesday.

The BIE is an independent bureau of the gaming board responsible for conducting regulatory and suitability investigations in the gaming industry.

Mauro joined the bureau in January 2006 as a supervisor in its Harrisburg office and became a deputy director in April 2007. He has previously worked as a special agent with the Secret Service, with the Lancaster police and as chief of police at Harrisburg International Airport.